List of Old Tonbridgians

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This is a list of notable alumni of Tonbridge School.

Academics and scientists[]

  • Robert McNeill Alexander, CBE, FRS, Professor of Zoology at the University of Leeds
  • Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton, FRS, chemist and Nobel Laureate
  • William Thomas Clifford Beckett, CBE, DSO (1862–1956) brigadier-general in British Army and notable civil engineer
  • Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1917–1920)[1]
  • Roland Bond, locomotive engineer
  • Henry Burton, physician and chemist[2]
  • Ian Bradley, writer, academic and theologian
  • James Burton, Egyptologist[3]
  • Owen Chadwick, Order of Merit, Vice Chancellor of University of Cambridge, Master of Selwyn Cambridge, Regius Professor of Modern History, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Chancellor of University of Anglia, President of British Academy, and a Rugby Union international
  • John George Children, FRS British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist[4]
  • Homersham Cox (mathematician), mathematician
  • Sir John Crofton, respiratory physician and expert on treatment of Tuberculosis
  • David Emms, teacher and rugby union player
  • Peter Fisher, personal physician to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
  • W. D. Hamilton, devisor of Red Queen Theory
  • Norman Heatley, the man who, having been on the team of Oxford scientists which discovered penicillin, turned it into a usable medicine
  • Norman Gerald Horner, physician and medical journalist[5]
  • R. J. B. Knight, naval historian
  • Sir Arthur Marshall, aviation engineer
  • Edward Nicholson, author and head of the Bodleian library
  • Walter Fraser Oakeshott, Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford
  • Jack Ogden, archaeologist and historian focusing on the development of jewellery materials and techniques
  • Carl Pantin, FRS, professor of Zoology, Cambridge University
  • Colin Patterson, palaeontologist and reformer of the fossil record
  • Sir David Randall Pye, FRS, mechanical engineer and Provost of University College London
  • W. H. R. Rivers, Cambridge neurologist, psychologist, anthropologist and World War One psychiatrist[6]
  • Sir Anthony Seldon, historian, political commentator and educationalist (current Master of Wellington College)
  • Claud Buchanan Ticehurst, ornithologist[7]
  • Ernest Basil Verney, pharmacologist and Fellow of the Royal Society
  • Thomas Dewar Weldon philosopher
  • Maurice Frank Wiles, Regius Professor Emeritus of Divinity at Oxford and one of the leading theologians of the Church of England
  • E. T. C. Werner, diplomat and China scholar

Actors, directors, producers & screenwriters[]

  • Maurice Denham (1909–2002), prolific character actor, known for voicing all the animal characters in the animated feature Animal Farm and also for the part of Maigret in the 1970s radio production of that name
  • Tristan Gemmill (born 1967), actor, known for playing Adam Trueman in the BBC medical drama Casualty
  • Will Hislop, actor and comedian
  • Ronald Howard (1918–1996) actor, son of Leslie Howard
  • John Howlett (born 1942), screenwriter & film director, co-wrote the feature film If.... with fellow Tonbridge schoolmate David Sherwin
  • Adrian Rawlins (born 1958), actor, known for playing James Potter in the Harry Potter film series
  • Roger Ordish (born 1939), producer, including TV series Jim'll Fix It, A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Wogan, Parkinson and Call My Bluff
  • Paul Rutman, producer and writer, including TV series Indian Summers and eight episodes of Vera
  • Dan Stevens (born 1982), actor, known for playing Matthew Crawley in the ITV period drama Downton Abbey
  • David Sherwin (born 1942), screenwriter, co-wrote the feature film If.... with fellow Tonbridge schoolmate John Howlett
  • David Tomlinson (1917–2000), actor, known for playing George Banks in Mary Poppins
  • Benjamin Whitrow (born 1937), actor, known for playing Mr. Bennett in the 1995 mini-series Pride and Prejudice

Armed forces[]

  • Clifford Thomason Beckett, CBE, MC, major-general in British Army
  • Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, chemical weapons expert
  • Rear Admiral David Cooke, submarine and defence procurement officer
  • William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, GCB, MC, DFC, Commander-in-Chief of Fighter Command after the Battle of Britain
  • Eric Stuart Dougall, Victoria Cross, First World War
  • Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Dowler
  • Air Chief Marshal Sir William Elliot GCVO, KCB, KBE, DFC & Bar, ADC, RAF
  • John Everard Gurdon DFC and bar. WW1 flying ace with 28 kills
  • Rear Admiral Frederick Hervey, 4th Marquess of Bristol, nobleman, naval officer and Conservative politician
  • John Holman, CBE, brigadier in British Army
  • Squadron Leader Hilary Hood, Battle of Britain fighter pilot
  • Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, Chief of the Imperial General Staff
  • Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside
  • Major-General Sir Millis Jefferis, developer of unusual weapons during WW2
  • Harold Stephen Langhorne (1877–1878), brigadier-general in the British Army in the First World War
  • James Archibald Dunboyne Langhorne (1893–1896), brigadier in the British Army
  • Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, a brilliant soldier and notorious eccentric who captured Barcelona in the war of Spanish Succession
  • Lieutenant-Commander Harold Newgass GC, recipient of the George Cross
  • Wing Commander Eric James Brindley Nicolson, VC, DFC, Battle of Britain fighter pilot and recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Major Sandy Smith (British Army officer), awarded the Military Cross for action at Pegasus Bridge
  • Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, KCB, GCTE, the British admiral of whom Napoleon Bonaparte said, "That man made me miss my destiny"
  • Trevor Sidney Wade DFC AFC, Battle of Britain fighter pilot and ace
  • Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew 'Sandy' Wilson, Former Air Member for Personnel and last C-in-C RAF Germany
  • Robert Charles Zaehner, British academic, wartime SOE agent and post war MI6 agent

Business[]

Church leaders[]

Politicians[]

Diplomats and civil servants[]

  • Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, diplomat
  • Sir Henry Mortimer Durand diplomat, former Ambassador to the United States
  • Sir Walter Egerton, colonial governor[18]
  • Sir Basil Engholm, civil servant
  • Sir John Leahy, KCMG, British Ambassador to South Africa
  • Sir William Marwood, civil servant
  • Henry Thoby Prinsep, English official of the Indian civil service
  • Robert Rogers, Baron Lisvane, Clerk of the House of Commons
  • Sir Leslie Rowan, civil servant[19]
  • Sir David Trench, Governor of Hong Kong (1964–1971)
  • David Williamson, Baron Williamson of Horton GCMG, CB, PC, Secretary General of the European Commission
  • Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth, British Ambassador to Paris during the treaty of Amiens

Entertainers and musicians[]

  • Robert Ashfield Organist of Southwell Minster and Rochester Cathedral
  • Bill Bruford, Drummer for Yes, King Crimson and others (musician)
  • Justin Chancellor, bassist, Tool
  • Tom Chaplin, Keane musician
  • Julian Clifford, Conductor
  • Kit Hesketh-Harvey, musician
  • Richard Hughes, Keane musician
  • Joseph McManners left in 2011, Singer and actor
  • Tim Rice-Oxley, Keane musician
  • King Palmer, composer
  • Dominic Scott musician, founding member of the band Keane
  • Andy Zaltzman, stand-up comedian

Journalists and writers[]

  • Mark Church, sports commentator
  • Harry Cole, journalist
  • Homersham Cox, author and county judge[20]
  • Rupert Croft-Cooke, author
  • Albany Fonblanque, journalist
  • E. M. Forster, novelist[21]
  • Frederick Forsyth, novelist
  • Sidney Keyes, poet
  • Christopher Reid, poet
  • Vikram Seth, novelist
  • Jonathan Street, novelist
  • Ken Wiwa, journalist and author. Son of Nigerian campaigner, Ken Saro-Wiwa.
  • William Woodfall, (at the school in 1760), pioneer of the (then illegal) practice of reporting Parliamentary debates

Miscellaneous[]

Sportsmen[]

References[]

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